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    • Author: Leyl
    This is no movie for those who only like action films. Amators of Italian and French social-realist dramas from the '50s, however, will find it very much to their taste. Director Lydia Bobrova pictures the bleak life in the Russian countryside by showing some events in the life of three brothers and their families. The three brothers are different in character, but all suffer from the dreariness of kolchoz life, which contrasts starkly with the glamour of the celebrations of the Moscow Olympics of 1980, which the protagonists can see on TV. Before Gorbachov's perestrojka, the director would not have had the chance of making this sad, but sensitive and realistic movie. At the Toronto film festival, a critic wrote. "...the film achieves a powerful air of authenticity that is destined to make it a classic of Russian cinema.' The title is derived from a nostalgic Russian song that is performed several times in the movie. The wild geese have the possibility of moving on to milder climes, a possibility that Russian country people don't have.
  • Cast overview, first billed only:
    Vyacheslav Sobolev Vyacheslav Sobolev - Mitka
    Yuri Bobrov Yuri Bobrov - Petka
    Vasili Frolov Vasili Frolov - Sanya (as Vasiliy Frolov)
    Galina Volkova Galina Volkova - Raya
    Nina Usatova Nina Usatova - Dasha
    Svetlana Gaytan Svetlana Gaytan - Lyubka
    Marina Kuznetsova Marina Kuznetsova - Natashka
    Grigori Popov Grigori Popov - (as G. Pöpov)
    A. Polovchenko A. Polovchenko
    S. Postovalova S. Postovalova
    Vladimir Bobrov Vladimir Bobrov - (as V. Bobrov)
    R. Ishchenko R. Ishchenko
    V. Mudretsova V. Mudretsova
    Ye. Lyutanova Ye. Lyutanova
    T. Mashkova T. Mashkova
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